M. Keddy : Je pense que la réponse courte à cette question est oui, mais la réponse longue est qu'en fait, lorsqu'on examine l'accord de libre-échange, on constate qu'il touche des exportations vers la Jordanie totalisant à peu près 70 millions de dollars. Bon nombre de gens peuvent penser que ce montant n'est pas très élevé comparativement aux biens et services que nous exportons vers les États-Unis et qui se chiffrent à plus de 700 milliards de dollars.
Mr. Keddy: I think the quick answer to that is yes, but the long answer is the fact that when we look at this trade agreement, with roughly $70 million of exports to Jordan, a lot of people may look at that and
say that is a small amount with regard to the trade of over $700 billion that we do with the U.S. However, after saying that, we have to realize that that $70 million is a lot of money to the companies that are doing that trade, and it is extremely important to those individuals, going back to my other statement, for the ability to be on a level playing field with our competitors vis-à-vis the European Union, especially the United
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